אֶבְיָתָר

Strong’s Definition

Ebjathar, an Israelite

Etymology & Derivation

contracted from H1 (אָב) and H3498 (יָתַר); father of abundance (i.e. liberal);

KJV Usage

Abiathar.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.priest, son of ahitub (ahimelech), faithful to david, but later rebelled with adonijah

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼEbyâthâr; Pronunciation: ab-yaw-thawr'